Bob Meakin, Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster

Dear Parents and Carers,

Well done to our Year 11 students who have now completed their examinations. I commend them on their mature and studious approach to these assessments. Year 11 will now be in class until the end of term.

Last week, the Debating season concluded with our Year 12s taking on our Year 11s in a Comedy Debate. A special thanks to D’Arcy Richardson for the organisation of this event and for a very successful shared CAS Premiership. D’Arcy Richardson, Tommy Harnett, Marley Farrar, Jax Taylor and David Tabachnik were superb all season and we thank them for their brilliant service to the Oratory programme.

As our Year 12s prepare for their final week of School, we are organising some excellent activities for them next week, especially on Wednesday afternoon which promises to be a lot of fun for our departing students. Tomorrow, all Year 12s who attended the Junior School will be at their Farewell Assembly in the Junior School gym. This is a lovely occasion where those students who have been with us, some even as early as in the Pre-school are farewelled by our Junior School community. I did speak with Year 12 yesterday regarding their use of time between now and the start of their final examinations and reminded all HSC students that they still have plenty of time to improve on their school-based marks. For our IB Diploma students, almost all of their marks are there to be achieved.

Next week sees our athletes compete at the CAS Athletics Championships at SOPAC. Students in Year 7, 9 and 11 will be attending to support our hard working athletes. A reminder that this is full blazer uniform and transport is provided to and from SOPAC. Students are expected to arrive back at around 9pm.

Finally, congratulations to our 28 students from both the Junior and Senior Schools who delivered an outstanding performance at the National Interschools Snowsports Competition at Mt Buller, battling through classic Melbourne weather that threw everything at them – lightning, hail, rain, wind, fog, and sunshine all in one week. 

• Charlie Roberts Division 3 – 1st in Cross Country Classic – gold medal 
• Charlie Roberts, Seb Tucker and Sam Spry division 3 Cross Country Classic team – bronze medal
• Seb Tucker bronze individual medal Division 3 Snowboard GS
• Charlie Roberts, Seb Tucker and Sam Spry Division 3 Snowboard GS – team bronze medal
• Seb Salter, Imanol Plante, Hugo Croft Division 4 Moguls – team bronze medal
• Imanol Plante, Hugo Croft and Xavier Fern Division 4 Classic – team bronze medal and Division 4 Relay – team bronze medal
• Oscar Parsons 4th in Division 2 Moguls
• Division 2 Snowboard Cross – Ziggy Edwards, Milo Gibney and Oscar Croft – silver medal
• Ziggy Edwards Division 2 Snowboard GS – individual bronze medal 
• Division 2 Snowboard GS – Ziggy Edwards, Milo Gibney and Oscar Croft – silver medal

Incredible week with many more top 10.

• 3^rd place in the Male Junior Schools in the country
• 5^th place in the Male Senior Schools in the country

Have a great week.

Best wishes,

Bob Meakin
Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster